The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
BRED VERSUS STORDoCK
Some Very Salty Charges Are Made BY the TX
Warden OF the Minnesota Prison VITA Refere'
nee and In Answer to the WArGeR.

Some Very Salty Charges Are Made BY the Tx
Warden OF the Minnesota Prison VITA ReferS'
nee and In Answer to the NarGeR.
Ex. Warden Reed, through his ATTORNEY.
Fayette Marsh. has filed his answer - the
charges against him. First he denies THAT
he has ever taken, used or appropriated
any OF the none or property OF the state
to his own private use or benefit. he de
MES that he has been guilty Of immoral
conduct, and denies specifically the charges
OF sexual intercourse with female
COnvicts. On the first five charges he makes
a specific denial Of guilt, and pleads
eXtenuating circumstance to suspicious
appearances. The sixth charge, that Of
having taken for tan years the sUrNivrs vi
a female convict without paying the tate
therefor, he admits is truth, but says
the board OF prison Inspectors were aware
OF it, and that il had been the custom In
the prison, He also denies the last three
charges, these in toto. He then passea on
to counter charges against the present
warden. II. G. StOrdOGk. He claims that
StOrdoCk was in 1856 a candidate before
the Minnesota Republican convention for
a certain office. Certain leading RepubH.
a n objected to his having a place upon
their ticket on the ground that >toT-
dock, while a member OF the previous leg
i~slature had been guilty OF receiving brides
from various railroad c~oTpOratIonsiD Min
nesOta. StOrkock got angry and threat
ened to defeat the ticket. To appease
him certain prominent Republican pulitl-
clans without the knowledge OtGov. AcGI!l
promised him an HpPOlntlVe state office Il
he would make no trouble. StOrdOCk want
ed a railroad commissioCership. After the
election, Gov. NcGill, with no ku0wl-
edge OF the arrangement with StOrdock. n.
moved Reed upon the allegation Of Prison
Guard MCNeal that Reed had been guilty
OF gross and immoral conduct, and of APP
prOpriating the states money and prop
Crty to his own use. This, the eN-Warden
AYERS, was done by McNeal under instruc-
tions OF StordCck. He also claiTs that
the testimony OF the conYlcts against hlm
was false and manufactured. Mr.. Reed
then says that during the session OF the
legislature Stordock was in the habit OF
visiting a certain house of i'll lame in st.
Paul. That on one occasion S~tordock,
while intoxicated, lost his watch and
money in said house OF i'll fame. That the
prOprietress OF said house Of i'll fame
entered into a conspiracy with
S~tordock, Prision Guard McNeal
and Mrs. McNeal to manufacture
evidence against Reel and 10 deceive Gov.
MCGil. Because of these alleged facts, and
because Stordock had used his official pO-
Fition to injure Reed, the latter prays the
aid of the commission in obtaining justice /
and a full and impartial Investigation.
Mr.. Marsh has s~ubppned ex-Gov. pills
bury, Gov McGill and Stanford Newell to
prove the alleged conspiracy; a. A. Man
vile, general manager of the Manitoba ,
r@ad, to prove bribery.
Mr.. Stordock in an interview alleges that
the charges against him are wholly ground.
less, as he win show hereafter.